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period of 12 months calculated as from the filing of his application, and send to
the Industrial Property Director:
1. a written statement indicating the date and number of this prior filing, the
country in which it was made, and the applicant’s name;
2. a certified true copy of said prior application;
3. written authorization from the applicant or his successors in title to claim the
priority in question if he is not the author of this application.
Article 202: An applicant wishing to claim several rights of priority for a single application
must observe the same instructions set out in Article 201 for each of them.
In addition, he must pay a fee for each right of priority claimed and provide
proof of payment thereof within the same time limit of 12 months provided for
in this same Article.
Article 203: Failure to provide in good time any of the documents referred to in Article 201
shall automatically lead to the loss of the benefit of the right of priority claimed,
for the sole application considered.
Article 204: The filing, in Burundi, of this application for claiming priority before the
expiration of the period of 12 months may not be invalidated by any act issued in
the meanwhile, in particular by another filing, a publication of the creation or its
exploitation.
Chapter IV. Rights conferred by registration, term and renewal
Section 1. Rights conferred by certificates of registration for industrial designs
Article 205: A certificate of registration for an industrial design shall entitle its holder to
prevent third parties from exploiting an industrial design registered in Burundi.
Exploitation of a registered industrial design shall mean the manufacture, sale or
import of goods incorporating the industrial design in question.